Charles E Adriaenssen, age 54
Non-executive Chairman
Chairman of the Nominations and Remunerations Committee

Mr Adriaenssen joined the board as Chairman in 2006. He is founder and Chairman of CA & Partners SA, a consulting and management training company, Chairman of Outhere SA, an independent European classical music publisher, and Chairman of Bastille Investments, a private investment company. He is a director of Rayvax Holdings SA and, between 2004 and 2008, was a non-executive director of EPS SA, the holding company of the Belgian brewer, Inbev. Between 1982 and 1995 he was a diplomat in Belgium’s Foreign Service. Mr Adriaenssen holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Vienna and a law degree from the University of Antwerp.

Yuriy Kosiuk, age 43
Chief Executive Officer

Mr Kosiuk founded MHP in 1998 and is also the CEO of JSC MHP. In 1995 he founded the Business Centre for the Food Industry (BCFI) and was President until 1999. BCFI operated in the domestic and export markets for grain and other agricultural products. Mr Kosiuk graduated as a processing engineer in meat and milk production from the Kiev Food Industry Institute in 1992.

Viktoriia B. Kapeliushna, age 41
Chief Financial Officer

Ms Kapeliushna, who is also Financial Director of JSC MHP, joined MHP in 1998 and was elected to the board in 2006. She was previously Deputy Chief Accountant, then Chief Accountant, of BCFI. She holds diplomas in meat processing engineering, 1992, and financial auditing, 1998, from the Kiev Institute of Food Industry.

Yuriy Logush, age 66
Director 

Become Vice President, Consumer Products Division in August 2011. Before MHP Yuriy worked at Kraft Foods, Vice President, Member, Board of Management for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa. More than 20 years worked in the U.S., almost for the same period of time he was engaged in consulting services in the United States, Romania and Ukraine. PhD - Econometrics and Mathematical Economics - University of New York.

Yuriy Melnik, age 49
Director

July 2010 – In June 2010 Yuriy Melnyk was appointed First Deputy CEO of Myronivsky Hilboproduct (“MHP”). Prior to joining MHP Yuriy held the position of Agricultural Minster for Ukraine and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, as well as serving as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Yuriy is a Doctor of Agriculture and has been a correspondent member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from 2002. In 2004 he was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in science and technology. He has also been awarded Honored worker of agriculture and became an honorary of Hero of Ukraine in 2009. He graduated from the Ukrainian agriculture academy as a Zooengineer in 2004.

Mr. Philippe Lamarche, age 43
Director

Mr. Philippe Lamarche joined the board in 2011. He is the Senior Private Banker of Banque Puilaetco Dewaay, Luxembourg. Has Degree in Law and Economics of The Catholic University of Louvain (IAG). Philippe Lamarche is a member of the Belgian Association of Financial Analysts.

Dr John C Rich, age 58
Non-executive Director
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominations and Remunerations Committee

Dr Rich joined the board in 2006. He is the Managing Director of Australian Agricultural Nutrition and Consulting Pty Ltd (AANC) and is a specialist agri-business consultant for the IFC and IFC invested clients. From 1990 to 2003, he was an executive director of Austasia Pty Ltd, an agri-business conglomerate which has operations in Australia, South East Asia and China, and from 1995 to 2002 was a director of AN-OSI Pty Ltd, a company that specialized in supply-chain management for feedlot beef, poultry and dairy operations in Asia and Europe. Dr Rich holds a BSc and a BVSc from the University of Sydney, is a member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and a registered financial member of the Australian College of Veterinary Surgeons. He has completed a number of post-graduate courses in agricultural and food-related industries.

John Grant, age 65
Non-executive Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominations and Remunerations Committee

Mr Grant is Chairman of Gas Turbine Efficiency Limited, and is a non-executive director of Melrose plc, Pace plc and Wolfson Microelectronics plc. He was previously Chairman of Torotrak plc, Hasgo Group Limited and the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Limited and a non-executive director of National Grid plc, Corac Group plc and the Royal Automobile Club Limited. From 1992 to 1996, he was Finance Director of Lucas Industries plc and Lucas Varity plc, and before that was Director of Corporate Strategy for the Ford Motor Company. Mr Grant holds a BSc in economics from Queen’s University, Belfast, and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.